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SAE-AISI 5140 Steel vs. AISI 405 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 5140 steel and AISI 405 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 405 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 290
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 29
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 570
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Shear Strength, MPa 360 to 600
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560 to 970
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 840
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1530
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
100

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 76 to 180
84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220 to 1880
100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 34
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 28
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 0.38 to 0.43
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0.7 to 0.9
11.5 to 14.5
Iron (Fe), % 97.3 to 98.1
82.5 to 88.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.6
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030